King in Black #1

Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman launch their symbiote epic with a cover that says everything about the stakes: a towering, pale-skinned Knull looms over the chaos below as Venom stands defiantly at the center, flanked by Captain America, the Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Wolverine — Marvel's heaviest hitters bracing for a fight that looks far from winnable. The composition, inked by JP Mayer, perfectly captures the scale of the threat bearing down on Earth's heroes in this 2021 event opener. At $5.99, "Chapter One: Reign" arrives with the kind of cover that makes it very easy to pick up off the shelf.